IBM Will Shift Lotus Chief
To Computer-Server Group

In a management change at one of its best-known units, International Business Machines Corp. is transferring Al Zollar, general manager of its Lotus software unit, to head a hardware division.

Mr. Zollar, a 26-year IBM veteran and one of its highest-ranking African-American executives, is given credit at the company for integrating the quirky Lotus unit into IBM's larger software business. He will become general manager of the iSeries computer server group, a hardware line, IBM told managers Wednesday in an internal e-mail.